This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once with Docracy, once with a super cool company launching in the first quarter of 2013.). I can't take credit for this meme, even though I've already invested in it.twice.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Heidi Zak launched ThirdLove with Ra’el Cohen in 2013 with the (revolutionary) core belief: Every woman deserves to be comfortable and confident. In her interview on Wonder, she talks about racism in all of its forms, her experience as a black female founder and how she’s using her position to make a difference. Listen here.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

The initial idea was born in 2013 but was not officially registered as a business until 2020 because she faced hardships launching the STEM Builders Learning Hub and finding tutors.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. When she returned to Peru in 2013, she launched The Millennials Movement and began offering resources on volunteerism.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 31, 2021

TEALS came to NYC in 2013 and has been helping kids learn computer science in NYC schools ever since. TEALS is a longstanding program supported by Microsoft where software engineers assist in computer science instruction in K12 schools. I have been blogging about and advocating TEALS for over eight years now.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

I backed that company in 2013 when it was basically a table top science project, but the key was a series of connections that could have only been possible as a full time investor. Angels will often sit on the sidelines until someone comes in to set the terms and write a bigger check.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

One measure of CincyTech’s overall impact is that in 2013, its portfolio companies represent 80% of total seed and early stage capital invested in Southwest Ohio. We started investing the fund in April 2012 and by early 2013 had closed our fund to new investors.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 17, 2014

— Charlie O''Donnell (@ceonyc) March 9, 2013. @danielaperdomo That is serious! Putting together a little dinner of folks Sun night. Would love to meet a Bklyn maker/Resistor. We agreed to meet up and she told me what she was working on. I had no idea she was a founder with a startup.

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500

MARCH 18, 2020

I first met Flavio in 2013, when he co-invested alongside 500 Startups in Olist, one of Brazil’s largest online marketplaces–which recently raised a Series C round. Olist’s founder was in our San Francisco accelerator program, and in his next round of funding turned to Flavio, who was then president of Walmart.com in Brazil.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. It made me realize that we’ve never properly introduced our associates: Graham Gelwicks. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang. So what is an EIR and why Sam?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 19, 2020

million in commissions, at current Bitcoin exchange rates…”, according to the September 2013 complaint, and involved 146,946 buyers and 3,877 vendors [link]. These figures are equivalent to roughly $1.2 billion in revenue and $79.8

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

My kids are growing up in Los Angeles in 2013. We actually didn’t plan to – she sort of adopted us and we her. She is Filipina and my younger son grew up with Tagalog words and Chicken Adobo as his favorite dish.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 9, 2013

It’s 2013 and I’m supposed to believe in the “wisdom of the crowds.” She far too opinionated. Tempestuous.” ” F**k ‘em. Don’t feed the trolls. Know that you signed up for this and it is why you are a leader. I know, I know. ” We’re supposed to all allow side projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. 33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 hours / day.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” How little we all knew how ironic that term would become but has nonetheless endured. Ten years on much has changed.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 17, 2020

Crypto was helpful for me back in 2013 and 2014 when I was going through one of those periods. And the more the investment is of yourself, your time, your enthusiasm, the worse it is. I’ve gotten out of these periods of burnout by turning my attention to something else.

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UBI Global

MARCH 19, 2021

What you need to know about the next World Benchmark Study Since 2013, UBI Global has conducted the World Benchmark Study, an analysis of the impact and performance of hundreds of business incubators and accelerators from around the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I had one of the biggest mental breakthroughs about what I want to do differently at GRP Partners in 2013. I was at the Lobby Conference a few weeks ago in Mexico. My wife and I went down 3 days early and had some chill out time. I don’t want to be on autopilot.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 13, 2020

From 2011 to 2013, he worked with Microsoft to distribute PCs to hard-hit areas. The disaster left nearly 16,000 people dead and 2,500 missing. While Saito avoided danger that day, he saw the devastating impact firsthand and recognized the experience as his call to service. A Direct Avenue for Making a Difference.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

In 2013 we launched many firsts to reinvent our firm. After a year I asked Jordan to work alongside me as the head of our internal “strategy & operations” team as we worked to define the kind of firm we wanted to build for the future. We relaunched our brand name. That involved a lot more work than you might think.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

In November 2012 Caya was selected as one of 40-Under-40 Costa Rican innovators, and he was a featured speaker on the 2013 TEDx PuraVida Conference. The company then evolved into Saborstudio, a digital marketing consulting agency. In mid-2014, Caya started Slidebean.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 12, 2023

But that’s what happened: My daughter was born in April 2013; my first gym opened in June 2013. You’re more adaptable than you think As a born planner, I never planned to have a baby and start a business at the same time.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 1, 2014

So, if you''re going to argue that the process of venture capital is inherently unfair to women, here''s the logic that you *should not* use: "Less than 3 percent of the 6,793 companies that received venture capital from 2011-2013 were headed by a woman, according to a study from Babson College released Tuesday.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

— Brian Alvey (@brianalvey) November 10, 2013. "The venture capital game has become about branding yourself so you can get into a handful of hot deals." -- @Naval on stage with @Jason. This feels like a West Coast mentality, because deals seem to feel "hot" more often out there--I believe because of founder pedigree.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 14, 2021

Dogecoin was initially introduced in late 2013 and 7 1/2 years later it has amassed a market cap of $43bn and is one of the most popular crypto assets in the world. I remember when a friend of mine told me five or six years ago that he had bought some Dogecoin. I thought “what is he doing?”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Shouldn’t all your storage be inventoried with photos in 2013? Or was it in that fracking storage facility off of the 52 freeway? She drove out and looked for it. What a hassle. Turns out it wasn’t even at the storage facility. Shouldn’t you be able to scroll through your storage facility online? I’ll admit it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift , who helps companies processes and analyze large volumes of social plus enterprise data in realtime.

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UBI Global

JANUARY 9, 2020

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – UBI Global, an intelligence company and community founded in 2013 and located in Stockholm, Sweden, announced today that Fredrik Grufvisare has been appointed to the role of CEO. Ali Amin, Co-founder and former CEO of UBI Global, will remain with the organization as the Chief Commercial Officer.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

However, prior to the termination, I was in negotiations with another facility to house two brown pelicans from an oil spill that occurred off the west coast of Trinidad in December 2013. Due to permit negotiation, I needed to decide whether to take these birds or let them be euthanized.

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500

MARCH 25, 2019

In 2013, I became an entrepreneur-in-residence and helped run the accelerator batches when 500 expanded to San Francisco. I was excited to join the ride. Over the next eight years, I grew with 500 as we scaled from a small group of passionate investors to the array of global-minded investors we are today.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In 2013, Dave faced a life-altering medical diagnosis: primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a rare autoimmune disease that attacked his liver’s bile ducts. With no known cure, the condition requires a liver transplant to get a second chance at life.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

In 2013, Allen went into business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. After experiencing insurance and financial services businesses take advantage of people she cared for, State Farm agent owner Emma Allen knew she would go into that industry to support her community.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. Yet in every great farce there is a lesson to be learned. And here is one take away from this current behavior that you take to the bank … The Power of the Narrative.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

I know that some people will point out that widely read presentation on YouTube on Sept 2013 criticizes YouTube for its revenue split. YouTube as a platform in which to build your entire business is naive. Plan your business wisely. *. post-script. I think that is one of the most misunderstood points I’ve ever made.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 7, 2021

But that’s what happened: My daughter was born in April 2013; my first gym opened in June 2013. “As a born planner, I never planned to have a baby and start a business at the same time. After a two-week maternity leave, I started running staff meetings at my house while breastfeeding and figuring out the new baby routine.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Distribution costs have, too. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions.

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